Train services cut, M1 speed limit dropped
COMMUTERS on one of Brisbane’s busiest rail lines will be shunted on to buses during the Commonwealth Games, while motorists will have to keep an eye on the speedo as they travel the M1.
Big wet on the way
TORRENTIAL rainfall of up to 300mm per day is forecast to begin hitting the Far North by this evening with the weather bureau already issuing flood watches for multiple rivers.
Discovering South Australia by night
ONE feather was all the evidence needed to send bird watching enthusiasts scrambling for night vision binoculars – from a bird that hadn’t been spotted for 170 years.
Aussies’ living standards under threat
AUSTRALIANS’ living standards are declining for the first time in a generation, shocking new research revealed exclusively to News Corp as part of our new Lifehacks project shows.
Deadbeat dad coughs up $350k on the spot
A DEADBEAT dad flying overseas for a Christmas holiday coughed up $350k in unpaid child support on the spot after he was caught in an airport sting.
Built in India, fixed in Queensland - for $100m
QUEENSLAND trains will continue to be built in India with non-compliant toilets, meaning they will have to be ripped apart and fixed at a cost to taxpayers of $100 million.
Ahoy there Harri! Welcome home
SHE made headlines after stowing away aboard a luxury cruise ship, now Harri the galah has been reunited with her family after 14 days at sea.
‘The Block house wasn’t worth the price I paid’
WHEN comedian Dave Hughes bought The Block’s winning house for $3 million, it made headlines around Australia. Now he comes clean on what the house is really worth.
Australia’s steamiest secrets
ALPHA males are out and confident women are on top but one thing hasn’t changed — Aussies are mad for racy romance with a happy ending.
Lynn: ‘It’s been a frustrating summer’
FRESH off of a destructing innings that led Australia to victory, Chris Lynn has revealed the turmoil of his ongoing injury battles.
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